The “Master” in Miaohe and Zhaoli copied on silk unearthed refers to Confucius

Miuhe and Zhaoli on silk excavated at Mawangdui reveal Confucius’ commentaries on Yi. In the two chapters, the “Master” neither refers to a later-generation master of the Confucian Classics, nor a scholar of the Huang-lao (Yellow Emperor Lao zi) Sect of the Daoist School, but Confucius. Enough testimony can support this point of view. Therefore, these documents turn out to be important materials for us to study Confucius’ Yi-ology and his thought of edification by Yi.